BUZZ — Truist Financial rises on Q3 profit beat

* US lender Truist Financial's shares up 2.6% at $47.85 * Co reports Q3 adjusted EPS of $1.16, beating analysts' estimates of $1.11 - LSEG data * Adjusted revenue of $5.3 billion, however, falls short of estimate of $5.35 billion * Co also took $1.4 billion loss on sale of some bonds and a $66 million loss on sale of some subprime loans through its auto lending unit, Regional Acceptance Corporation. * Stock trading at 9.48 times expected EPS over next 12 months, below industry median of 10.18 * 6 of 22 brokerages rate stock "buy" or higher, 12 "hold" and 4 "sell"; median PT $54.50 - LSEG data * Including session's move, TFC stock down nearly 3% YTD (Reporting by Jayasree Prabhu) ((jayasree.prabhu@thomsonreuters.com)